Forger Sale At Hazelbaker Ranch October 12 Cattle Offer
Auction of 2000 high grade Herefords at Frank Hazelbaker's C Bar D ranch in the Big Hole basin set for October 12 draws nationwide inquiries. The sale, largest Beaverhead county event in years, will offer carload lots to the highest bidders. Don L. Ragshill received a five year state prison sentence for forgery. Montana State Normal college autumn term opens with 243 registrants the first day, three new faculty members join.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Hazelbaker
Big Hole Basin
Middle West
Beaverhead County
Don L. Ragshill
Henry G. Rodgers
Beaverhead
Montana State Normal College
New Billing Method to Issue Telephone Bills Monthly Rotation
A new plan called Rotation Billing will issue Montana telephone bills in six monthly groups instead of all on the first day. Under the change subscribers will receive one bill per month, with charges up to the bill date. Dillon will adopt the system on November 1 after October 1 bills remain unchanged. Local bills will be dated accordingly.
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Dillon
Harold M. Snow
Mountain State Telephone and Telegraph Company
Montana
Mr. Snow
Death calls Mrs Vaughn of Fishtrap
Minnie Anderson Vaughn wife of Norman Vaughn died in Anaconda Sunday morning after typhoid pneumonia. She was a Fishtrap resident daughter of the late John Anderson and survived by husband three daughters Ida May Vera Edna her mother Mrs Christine Anderson two sisters Mrs Lars Peterson and Mrs Guss Groupe four brothers Andrew Jack Fred and Jim all of Fishtrap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisdom
Big Hole
Minnie Anderson Vaughn
Norman Vaughn
Anaconda
Vaughn
John Anderson
Fishtrap
Christine Anderson
Ida May
Vera
Edna
Lars Peterson
Missoula
Guss
George Main Returns from Carthage After Long Absence
George Main formerly managed the Medlen hotel has returned from Carthage Illinois where he lived nearly a year.
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George Main
Medlen
Carthage
Ill
Finances of Beaverhead County and Dillon
Beaverhead county and the City of Dillon are in good financial condition according to Montana Taxpayers Association figures from the clerk's annual report for the year ending June 30, 1937. Dillon holds the lowest municipal taxes in Montana, maintaining its rank as the lowest taxed municipality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead County
Dillon
Montana Taxpayers Association
Dillonport to Share Airways Improvements
Dillon will share in a two million dollar airways improvement program. Congress has approved seven million dollars for construction and upgrades with five million allocated to modernizing the present Federal Airways system. If bids stay within estimates, two million will fund additional improvements. Dillon, Pocatello, and Custer are listed for a radio range marker at twenty three thousand dollars, while parallel transmission stations at about thirty five thousand dollars each will be built at multiple cities including Belgrade Denver Dubois Great Falls Grant Island Idaho Falls Laramie Parco Whitehall and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Washington
Congress
An Airways
Federal Airways
Pocatello
Idaho
Custer
Mont
Belgrade
Denver
Colo
Dubois
Great Falls
Grant Island
Neb
Idaho Falls
Laramie
Wyo
Parco
Whitehall
Townsend Wins Season Opener With Beavers
Townsend defeated Beaverhead County High School 14 to 12 in the season opener at the fairgrounds. Townsend's Wheat and Rolands scored in the first half, with Claire adding a touchdown and extra point after a late third period fumble. Seery caught a fourth period pass for a TD with Claire converting, while Beavers misfired on late aerials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead County
Townsend
Beavers
Fairgrounds
Wheat
Rolands
Claire
Seery
Cattle Sale Set Monday at Pavilion
Beaverhead county holds a purebred Hereford auction Monday at the livestock pavilion starting at 1 o clock. One hundred registered Herefords from 17 Montana breeders will be sold, all from tested herds, with buyers from across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverhead County
Montana
Bernard Williams
Mississippi
Pacific Coast
C. B. Drake
Reppert
Bert Williams
Forrest Bafford
The
Hereford Journal
Williams
Beaverhead
Madison
Tommy Watson
Hobson
Frank Pendleton
Wisdom
Myron Beatty
Bozeman
Alfred Nichols
Jesse Bradley
W. L. Cline
Belgrade
Belle Curtis Wright
Stevensville
Henry Stole and Sons
Big Timber
E. H. Bod
Trio Injured as Car Out of Control After Crash
Mrs. Al Groshean and Dorothy and Katherine McClennan were injured Saturday night when a car driven by Mrs. Groshean left the highway near Barrett hospital. A defective steering gear was blamed for the accident as the car tore through guard rails and sustained heavy damage. All three are reported recovering from their injuries.
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al Groshean
Dorothy
Katherine McClennan
Beaver Star Speaker at Rotary Meet
Don Wheat, backfield star on Beaverhead county high school football, spoke at the Dalton Rotary Club. He traced athletic interest from the first Greek Olympiad to the modern games and critiqued modern athletics for low participation and athletes with big heads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Wheat
Beaverhead
Dilton
B. C
Beaver Star
Old-time Residents Are Married Here in Dillon
Mrs. Christine Albers and J. B. Odell, long-time Dillon residents, were wed Monday evening at Mrs. Albers home with Rev A W Nelson of the Lutheran church officiating. Attendants were Mr. and Mrs. Ed Cushing. Each had prior marriages in Dillon, Albers in 1884 and Odell in 1887. They will make their home in Dillon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christine Albers
J. B. Odell
Dillon
California
Washington
Mrs. Odell
Mrs Emerick Dies At Dillon Home
Mrs. Rose Emerick longtime Dillon resident and wife of Diggie Emerick died Friday morning at her Dillon home after years of illness. Born February 16 1890 in Virginia City Nevada she trained as a nurse in New York and served in World War I era nursing work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Emerick
Dillon
Diggie Emerick
Dillon Gunners Shine At Butte Merchandize Shoot
Dillon gunners placed highly during a big state shoot in Butte with 90 shooters, top finishers Latimer Peterson Schulz and Tarrant leading. Also reports on C C Newman, a 76 year old Dillon lawyer and resident, who died after a long illness at Barrett hospital. Installation of skeet equipment at Dillon traps slated this week as skeet to begin locally soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon Assembly
Order of the Rainbow
Masonic Hall
Irene Megquier
Valera Fairbanks
Marjorie Decker
Charity
Mary Liggett
Hope
Helen Shaffner
Jeanne Covall
Merle Schmittroth
Doris McAdam
Eleanore Johnson
Alice Christensen
Ruth Wilburg
Dillon
Butte
P. Westergard
E. G. Free
Roy Forrester
R. Smith
V. Westergard
E. Wheat
J. Lynch
G. Peterson
Dillon Elks Plan Anaconda Lodge Visit and Dance
Dillon Elks will motor to Anaconda Saturday night to join the Anaconda lodge for a dancing party and entertainment. The Dillon drum and bugle corps will perform with the Anaconda corps, marking the first public appearance since the state convention. A large Dillon delegation, at least 40 members, will arrive around 9 pm to parade to the Elks temple, with local entertainers Dr W H Stephan baritone soloist Merle Schmittroth and Elsie Lloyd among them.
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Dillon Elks
Anaconda
Dillon Lodge
Anaconda Corps
Matt Kay
Elks Temple
W. H. Stephan
Merle Schmittroth
Elsie Lloyd
Low turnout in Beaverhead re registration drive
Beaverhead county reports only about 1 400 voters have re registered since June 1, under Clerk and Recorder Albert S Baker. The total is about one third of the 4 200 electors registered in the last general election. Voters urged to re register promptly as lists must be compiled. All eligible electors must re register as names were removed from the rolls.
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Beaverhead County
Albert S. Baker
Third Swamp Fire of Year Reported in Beaverhead County
Beaverhead county records a third swamp fire this year on the Shaw ranch in the Big Hole basin. The blaze burned several acres of meadow and destroyed two hay stacks before ranchers and locals stopped it. Fire sources are believed to be peat beds beneath the surface. Earlier peat bog fires struck Ike Rife’s Medicine Lodge ranch, and two weeks earlier Dan Pendergast Jake Neidt and John Anderson’s Jackson area ranches saw similar damage.
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Beaverhead
Shaw
Big Hole Basin
Ike Rife Ranch
Medicine Lodge
Dan Pendergast
Jake Neidt
John Anderson
Jackson
Butte Woman to Paint Dillon Postoffice Mural
Mrs. A. J. Lochrie of Butte chosen to paint the Dillon postoffice lobby mural by the treasury department. The 12 by 3 foot oil work, titled News from the States, shows early day figures near a mail box as a mail rider delivers mail. Work begins after she finishes a Burley Idaho mural.
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A. J. Lochrie
Butte
Dillon Postoffice
Federal Treasury Department
Treasury Department
Dillon Man Dies After Brief Illness
Gilbert Hennison Hallam, a Dillon resident for five years born in New Orleans on June 8, 1880, died at Barrett hospital after a short illness. Survived by two sisters and a nephew from Challis Idaho, funeral held at Brundage with Rev J A Meeke officiating, burial in Mountain View. James Kelly Jr. left for Butte to attend the School of Mines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Hennison Hallam
Barrett Hospital
New Orleans
Dillon
Henry Nichols
J. Brown
Challis
Idaho
Brundage
J. A. Meeke
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Hazelbaker Ranch
L. “V. Bradley
Red Oak
Iowa
Judge Hensues
Rodgers
Loretta Buss
Kathryn Kellett
Helen Essie Wellman
Death
Mrs. Vaughn
Taxpayers Association
Dillonport
Beaver
Rotary Meet
C.C. Newman
C. C
Dakotas
Helena
Capitol
Herman Peterson
Anaconda Lodge
Shaw Ranch
Postoffice
Butte Woman
James Kelly, Jr
School of Mines
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